[Supras] good rebuilt engines?

[Jeff]

I know I'm tempting the gods here but ...... I bought my 91 turbo 2 years
ago - it had just received an ATK rebuild. I bought the car with 2K miles on
the engine and 10K left on the warranty. Drove it from Florida to NY and
when I got here I changed the CPS and ISC - car ran really well until I lost
the water pump and 2 weeks latter the dreaded BHG. Sent it off to ATK and
they rightfully said "Not Covered". Since I had the HG fixed (and replaced
every water hose) the car runs very well - no engine knocks, no burning
oil -down less the 1/2 quart between oil changes (3K miles) - no water loss
(except a little because the heater core is NG) - 19 mpg on the road - 17
around town.

The car is all stock - thinking about putting 3 inch turbo back exhaust on
and maybe a slight shim to the waste gate.

Your mileage may vary :)

JP

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter" <psantos at cfl.rr.com>
To: "Bob" <bob at hairballcreations.com>; "'Matt Freitag'"
<mineman at voyager.net>; <SUPRAS at SUPRAS.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Supras] good rebuilt engines?


> It seems the choices are limited with supras. Ive heard great things about
> ATK engines coming from nissan guys and then horror stories from supra
> people.
> ATK is suppose to go the extra mile when it comes to rebuilding specs.
> In the end you get what you pay for. Im hard pressed to find a machinist
> within 200 miles of my town who does "precision" machining, the one that
> does will cost an arm, leg and the clothes off my back.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob" <bob at hairballcreations.com>
> To: "'Matt Freitag'" <mineman at voyager.net>; <SUPRAS at SUPRAS.COM>
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 8:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Supras] good rebuilt engines?
>
>
> >I would be hard pressed to suggest either...
> >
> > Not that I have any personal experience with these guys but if you have
a
> > local shop do the work you know that all of the 6 pistons are the same
> > size
> > and that someone didn't cut a corner
> >
> > Call me a cynic but I have seen small block Chevy's that had 7 10 over
> > pistons and one 20 over piston.
> >
> > If someone out there has personal experience their opinion should carry
> > more
> > weight than mine but I have installed both AC Delco and Jasper reman'd
> > engines and I have had about a 20% failure rate.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Supras-bounces at supras.com [mailto:Supras-bounces at supras.com] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Matt Freitag
> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 4:58 PM
> > To: SUPRAS at SUPRAS.COM
> > Subject: [Supras] good rebuilt engines?
> >
> > OK, after being mostly absent for a bit I coming back.
> >
> > Where is the best place to get a rebuilt shortblock from?  Any
> > recommendations?
> >
> > Ron's Precision Machine has them for ~$1329.  Thunderbolt sells them for
> > $775.
> >
> > I haven't actually made up my mind whether I will be buying a 7MGE,
> > 7MGTE, or both.  I have a 7MGE that is now junk and a 7MGTE that is
> > rebuildable though it does need a crank kit.  I'm going to build one
> > turbo car and one NA, but I haven't really decided which one or both
> > gets the new engine.  So I am trying to find out both who has the best
> > PRICES on rebuilt shortblocks and the best QUALITY on rebuilt
> > shortblocks.  The NA car needs to be done cheap, the turbo  car needs to
> > be tough.
> >
> > My thanks to anyone with any help!
> > Matt
> > 89s
> >
> >
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